Bail-anchor tie plate



Aug. 25, 1925 1,551,502

- E. M. M VICKER RAIL ANCHOR TIE PLAT'E Filed Oct. 22. 1923 INVENTOR.

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Patented Aug. 25, 1925 UNITED STAT S PATENT, OFFICE.

EMERY mncvrcknn, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AssIeNoR T J. F. MoVICKER, or

- MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-ANCHOR TIE PLATE.

Application filed October 22, 1923. Serial No. 669,994.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERY M. MoVIoKEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county'of Milwaukee and State of -Wisconsin, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Rail-Anchor Tie Plates, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

- This/invention relatesto rail anchor tie plates.

One object of the present invention is the provision of a tie plate having improved means for effectively preventing rail creeping. It has been found that anti-creeping devices which. depend for their effectiveness entlrely upon an automatic readjustment thereof by the; action of the rail can not ordinarily be relied upon in actual service.

Their efliciency is soon impaired and their effectiveness actually destroyed by Wear, conditions of rust and other effects of the weather. The present invention provides for an exceedingly simple device which by a very simple manipulation may .be manually adjusted from time to time to compensate for wear and to maintain a maximum working eificiency.

ilfustrating another form of rail anchor tie J plate embodying features of the present invvention. Y

, 1,460,819. It is" shown applied to the usual The rail anchor tie plate of Figures and 2 comprises ;a.- tie plate 1O quite similar to that shown and described in my Patent No.

tie 11 beneath a railroad rail 1270 --'standard form. The tie plate is' formed from aplate.

of rolled steel having portions 13-of its edges bent upwardly out of the plane of the plate to formabutments or shoulders 14 for sustaining sidethrusts of the rail- The plate is punched to provide openings, each having a narrowportion "15 extending beneath the rail base and a wider portion 16.. -Portions 17 of the opposite edges of each opening are bent up out of the plate to form thrust sustalning abut'ments o1- shoulders 18 similar to the shoulders 14. Portions 17 overhang the wider portion 16, of the opening and constitute retaining means for appropriate rail clamps 19. Each clamp shown comprises upper and lower jaws 20 and 21 for embracing the edge of the rail base and a thickened base portion having inclined faces 22 for engagement'beneath the bent up.portions 17. The wider portion 16 of eachopening is of su'fiicient depth beyond the" bent up portions 17 to permit insertion and Withdrawal of the rail clamp from beneath the bent up portions. The rail clamps may thus be readily inserted or removed through the top of the plate. Any appropriate means may be employed to retain the clamps 19 in rail securing position. In this instance, a spike 23 is employed for this purpose, the spike beingdriven into wedging position between the real edge2-l of the portion 16 of the opening and the rear face 25 of the rail clamp. The spike thus not only serves to force and retain the clamp in rail gripping position but also serves to secure the tie plate to the tie; Thetie plate may also be further secured to the tie by additional pikes 2.6 driven through appropriate holes in the tie plate.

' Referring to Figure 1, it will be noted that the several shoulders 14. and 18 on one side of the rail are not aligned in parallelism withthe edge of the rail base. They are offset, different distances from the rail base in orderto permit the insertion of a wedge bar or key 27 therebetweem- This bar is tapered in one direction onlysand is driven into wedging position between the shoulders and'the, rail so as to firmly bind the raid against creeping with respect to the tie ate. The'bar 27 may be secured in wedging position in any appropriate manner. I have found that this may be very readily accomplished by-using a bar of bendable material and bending the small end 28 thereof into interlocking engagement with anadjacent bent up portion 17. Bypassing this bar beneath the upper jaw. 20 of the rail clamp it is securely retained thereby against climbing. In order to compensate for wear and thus maintain, the v rail securely. bound against creeping during continued use, it is only necessary to drive the bar into further wedging position from time to time and to further bend the bar to retain it in each new position of adjustment.

Side thrusts upon the rail ordinarily result from the tendency of the rails to spread under the weight of the trains and from the inertia of the trains when making a c'urve.

Thrusts from these causes are directedQtQ; ward the outer edges of the rails. When, as in Figure 1, a wedge bar is employed at one side of the rail only, this bar is preterably disposed adjacent the inner edge of the rail, so that it is not subjected to these greater thrusts and consequent wear.

The rail anchor tie plate shown in Figure 3 is similar in many respects to that hereinabove described. It is provided, with the several bent up portions 13 and 17 forming thrust sustaining shoulders 14 and 18 and openings for receiving the rail clamps 19. In this instance, however, each line oi shoulders 1418, on opposite sides of the rail, is inclined relative to the rail edges, a wedge bar 27 similar to that hereinabove described being employed at each edge of the rail. The inclination of the two lines of shoulders is effected in this instance by inclining the tie plate relatively to the axis of the rail instead of forming them along lines inclined relative to the tie plate, as in the form of invention shown in Figure 1.

The wedge bars 27 are driven into wedging position and secured by bending the small ends thereof into interlocking engagement they sec'urely bind the rail against creeping. The use of two wedge bars on opposite sides of the rail provides a ready means for effecting lateral adjustment of the rail, since the position of the rail ma be determined gy t e relative positions 0 the two wedge ars.

Various changes may be made in either of the embodiments of the invention hereinabove described without departing from or sacrificing the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate having abutment means disposed at an angle to a rail, a rail fastener engaged beneath said abutment means and with the rail for retaining the rail on the tie plate, and a tapered wedge bar driven into wedging position between said abutment means and the rail to retain the rail against creeping.

2. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate having abutment means for sustaining side thrusts of a rail, a rail fastener engaged with. said ti'e plate beneath said abutment means and with the rail for retaining the rail on the tie plate, and. a wedge bar tapered in one direction only and driven into wedging position between and in contact with the shoulders 14. When so positionedwith said abutment means and rail to retain tie plate having abutment. means for sustaining side thrusts of a rail, a rail fastener engaged with said tie plate beneath said abutment means'and with the rail for retaining the rail on the tie plate, and a wedge bar cooperating with said abutment means to securely bind the rail against creeping, one end ofsaid bar having an end bent into interlocking engagement with the tie plate to retain said bar in wedgingposition.

4. A rail anchor-tie plate comprising a tie plate having abutment means disposed at an angle to a rail, a rail fasten-er engaged with said tie'plate beneath said abutment means and with the rail for retaining the rail on the tie plate, and a wedge bar tapered in one direction only and driven into wedging position between and in contact with said abutment means and railto retain the rail against creeping, and means for retaining said bar in wedging position.

5. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate, a rail fastener for retaining a rail on said tie plate, said tie plate having bent up. portions interlocked with said fastener and formed to provide shoulders for sustaining side thrusts of the rail,and a wedge bar tapered in one direction only and driven into wedging positionbetween and in contact with said shoulders and the rail to retain the rail against creeping.

6. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate-having bent up portions forming thrust sustaining shoulders disposed at an angle with a rail, a rail fastener for retaining' a rail on said tie plate, and a wedge bar driven into wedging position between and in contact with said shoulders and the rail to'retain the rail against creeping, said bar beingarranged to be driven up from time to time to compensate for wear.

7. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a. tie plate having bent up portions forming thrust sustaining shoulders, a rail fastener for retaining a rail on said tie plate, and a wedge bar cooperating with said shoulders to bind the rail against creeping, said bar being arranged to be driven into further wedging position from time to time to compensate for wear and having an end bend. ableinto interlocking engagement with said tie plate to retain it in rail binding position.

8. A rail anchor .tie plate comprising a tie plate having bent up portionsforming 9. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate having bent u portions forming thrust sustaining shoul ers at one side of a rail, a single Wedge bar driven into wedging position between said shoulders and the rail to secure the rail against creeping, and

a rail fastener retained by said bent up portions in rail securing position, said fastener having a jaw overhanging the rail base and said wedge bar for retaining the wedge bar against climbing.

10. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate having bent up portions forming thrust sustaining abutments for disposition at opposite sides of a rail, a wedge bar at each side of the rail between the rail and said abutments for securing the rail against creeping, and a rail fastener interlocked with said tie plate and rail for retaining the rail on said tie plate.

11. In a rail anchor tie plate the combi-.

nation of a, tie plate having bent up portions forming abutment means for sustaining side thrusts of a rail, a removable rail fastener for retaining the rail on said tie plate, and a wedge bar cooperating with said abutment means for binding the rail against creeping, said bar being interlocked with said tie plate to retain it in position.

12. In a rail anchor tie plate the combination of a tie plate having bent up portions forming abutment means dis osed on opposite sides of the rail, a rai fastener engaged beneath said bent up portions at each side of the rail to retainthe rail on the tie plate, and a wedge bar driven into wedging contact with and between the rail and one of said abutment means to retain the rail against creeping.

13. In a rail anchor tie plate the combination of a tie plate having a'bent up portion forming a thrust sustaining shoulder,

a single wedge bar driven into wedging position between said shoulder and a rail to secure the rail against creeping, and a rail fastener interlocked with said tie plate and cooperating with the rail to retain the same thereon.

14. A rail anchor tie plate comprising a tie plate having a bent up portion forming a thrust sustaining shoulder, a wedge bar driven into wedgingcontactwith and between said shoulder and a rail to secure the rail against creeping, and a rail fastener for retaining the rail on said tie plate.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 19th day of October, 1923.

EMERY M. MoVIOKER. 

